Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCity of Goose Creek Fire Department
Goose Creek, SC · Berkeley County. City of Goose Creek Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 15 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Goose Creek Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the South Carolina average.
- 11th pct.
- national personnel size
- -40%
- vs. South Carolina average
- 1
- station
- $431,296
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.
A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.
City of Goose Creek Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Goose Creek, SC (Berkeley County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,060 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $431,296.
- National personnel rank #20,060 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #384 of 473
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 35 other listed departments in Berkeley County
City of Goose Creek Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 89% higher than 11% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet 08308 · City of Goose Creek Fire Department, SC 15 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #20,060
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kite Community Vo…
- FEMA-LIGHT $431K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Kite Community Volunteer Fire Department, GA (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every SC department.
- City of Goose Cre… (this dept) 15
- High Melvindale, MI 15
- Near Kite Community Vo…, GA 15
- Near Mesa Verde Nation…, CO 15
- Near Northville Townsh…, MI 15
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Goose Creek, SC
- County
- Berkeley County
- FDID
- 08308
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-04490 | $251,568.18 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FO03605 | $179,728 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How City of Goose Creek Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #384 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,060 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster fringe
City of Goose Creek Fire Department is 2.5% of Berkeley County roster mass
The county lists 44 departments totaling 612 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 32% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Kite Community Volunteer Fire Department, GA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.